Security guard dies and charge laid after alleged punch to head outside Sydney pub

Police said the guard was allegedly punched by a patron who had been asked to leave the venue

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A security guard has died after he was allegedly punched in the head during an altercation at a hotel in Sydney’s south, and a man charged with assault occasioning death.

Emergency services were called to a licensed premises on East Parade in Sutherland about 2am on Sunday.